Chemistry:Gynocardin
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Gynocardin is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C
12H
17NO
8. It is classified as a cyanogenic glycoside.
It was first isolated from Gynocardia odorata, from which it gets it name, and characterized in 1905.[1][2] It has since been found in a variety of other plants, including those in the genus Passiflora (passionflowers).[3]
Gynocardin may contribute to the toxicity of plants that contain it because, like other cyanogenic glycosides, cyanide is formed upon its hydrolysis.[3]
References
- ↑ Power, Frederick Belding; Lees, Frederic Herbert (1905). "XLII.—Gynocardin, a new cyanogenetic glucoside". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 87: 349–357. doi:10.1039/CT9058700349.
- ↑ Coburn, Robert A.; Long, Louis (1966). "Gynocardin". The Journal of Organic Chemistry 31 (12): 4312–4315. doi:10.1021/jo01350a550.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Spencer, Kevin; Seigler, David (1984). "Gynocardin from Passiflora". Planta Medica 50 (4): 356–357. doi:10.1055/s-2007-969732. PMID 17340327.
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